Fourth Quarter 2007

Nobuo Tanaka commenced duties Sept. 1 as executive director of the International Energy Agency. Previously he was director for science, technology and industry at the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Tanaka began his career in 1973 in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Tokyo. He has extensive national government and international experience within METI, the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., and the OECD, as well as a broad background in the field of energy. During the late 1980s, Tanaka participated in establishing Japan’s comprehensive energy policy, oversaw implementation of Japan’s international nuclear energy policy and led negotiations of bilateral nuclear agreements. He worked on formulating international strategy as well as coordinating domestic environment policy and energy policy in the Kyoto COP3 negotiation. He served as Minister for Industry, Trade and Energy at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., from 1998 to 2000. A Japanese national, Tanaka has a degree in economics from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

Sebesta Blomberg’s Dallas office announced the promotion of Kyle Lambert, PE, CEM, to division leader, Dallas operations. Lambert will focus his efforts on the expansion of engineering and energy services while supporting the commissioning services based in the Dallas office. With the firm since June 2006, Lambert has extensive engineering, energy and project management experience in the healthcare, higher education and commercial sectors.

Johnson Controls Inc.’s board of directors announced in July that Stephen A. Roell, executive vice president and vice chairman, has been elected chief executive officer effective Oct. 1, 2007. A 25-year veteran of Johnson Controls, Roell was also elected chairman of Johnson Controls’ board of directors effective Jan. 1, 2008. Roell will succeed John M. Barth, who will retire Dec. 31, 2007. Barth will continue as a member of the company’s board of directors.

When Barth became CEO in 2002, Johnson Controls had sales of just over $20 billion. The company will end 2007 with sales of approximately $34.5 billion and a track record of 17 years of consecutive earnings increases.

Roell will become the eighth CEO in Johnson Controls’ 123-year history. He was named vice chairman in 2005 and executive vice president in 2004. He served as senior vice president and chief financial officer from 1991 to 2004. He was elected to the company’s board of directors in 2004.

Barth joined the company in 1969, serving in a variety of operating management positions, including heading Johnson Controls’ automotive business for eight years before becoming president and CEO in 1998. He was elected CEO in 2002 and elected to the company board of directors in 1997.

Daniel Dennis, PE, has been named the new vice president of operations for Thermal Energy Corp. (TECO), a nonprofit company at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Dennis has more than 23 years’ experience in the design, operation and optimization of district energy and industrial combined heat and power facilities. In his new role, he is responsible for operations of TECO’s district energy system serving the Texas Medical Center. The system supplies steam and chilled water to approximately 14.9 million sq ft of space within 27 Texas Medical Center institutions. Dennis graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.

FVB Energy Inc. has announced the appointment of four individuals to new positions. Tony Mirabella has joined the firm as senior consultant, advising clients on district energy system development and management. Mirabella has decades of experience in management, operation and engineering of district energy and natural gas utilities. His background includes 22 years with Hartford Steam Co./Energy Networks Inc., where he was responsible for the design and construction of the first thermal chilled-water storage system in a commercial district cooling system. Under his leadership, the company implemented the first district hot water and chilled-water system in the U.S. based on European pipe technology and installed the first fuel cell power plant providing thermal energy to a district energy system. After retiring in 2002 as senior vice president from The Energy Networks, Mirabella served as acting general manager of the Nashville district energy system. He is a former IDEA chairman and recipient of the organization’s Norman R. Taylor Award.

Eric Moe has joined FVB Energy as senior engineer, advising clients on design, operation and optimization of district energy and building heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. Moe previously served as director of business development at Flow Control Industries, where he led efforts to introduce pressure-independent control to the district energy, large commercial and process cooling markets. He also formerly worked as senior mechanical design engineer for Boeing and other companies. He has a patent pending on a unique method for pumping fluids. Moe holds masters degrees in business administration and engineering and a bachelor science degree from the University of Washington.

Lars Hillman is joining the FVB Energy office in Bahrain at the end of October, where he will serve the firm’s clients in the Middle East as senior engineer. Hillman has 20 years’ experience in district energy, power generation and industrial processes, including work with power plants fueled with biomass, natural gas and coal; biogas treatment plants; compressor stations for fueling buses with biogas; and process piping. Prior to his new position, he was with Westinghouse, where managed a power plant upgrade; earlier, he worked for FVB and other district energy consulting firms in Sweden. He has a bachelor of science degree from Mälardalen University in Sweden.

Åsa Norås will join FVB Energy’s Bahrain office as mechanical engineer in January 2008. She will provide process and piping design for the firm’s clients in the Middle East. She most recently served in FVB Energy’s office in Västerås, Sweden, where she designed district heating and cooling piping systems; performed pressure drop and pipe stress analyses; and prepared specifications and drawings for procurement of process systems, components and plants.

Her work has included a report for the International Energy Agency on the optimization of thermal storage and cooling distribution. Hillman has a master of science degree in energy and environmental technique from Mälardalen University in Sweden.
 

Third Quarter 2007

Brenda Nelson has joined Market Street Energy Co., a District Energy St. Paul affiliate, as vice president of administration/human resources. Nelson has more than 20 years of experience in human resources and most recently was vice president, human resources, at DBI Consulting Inc. Her previous experience includes 13 years with Wells Fargo Corp. and two years with GMAC-RFC. Nelson earned her bachelor of science degree in management and communications and her master of arts degree in organizational management from Concordia University in St. Paul.

In April, Jes B. Christensen was named managing director of the Danish Board of District Heating (DBDH), the leading district heating and cooling organization in Denmark. The group represents heat and combined heat and power production companies, waste incineration companies, heat transmission and distribution companies, consulting engineers, manufacturers and contractors. After graduating from the University of Copenhagen with a master’s degree in national economics, Christensen financed development projects as project officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His work included financing district energy projects in China. Later Christensen served as sector expert for energy and environment at the Danish embassy in Beijing. His goal for DBDH is to establish a joint participation of district energy organizations during the United Nations Global Climate Summit in Copenhagen in 2009, where the Kyoto Protocol will be replaced.

Steven M. Tredinnick, PE, has joined Syska Hennessy Group as vice president and energy services chief engineer. His focus will be on energy services projects, primarily the engineering and design of central plants and the application of chilled-water technology. Tredinnick will work closely with Syska’s national critical facilities, health care and construction market focus teams. During his career, he has planned and/or designed central chiller plants up to 75,000 tons. A registered professional engineer in Minnesota, New Jersey and Texas, Tredinnick holds a bachelor of science degree in architectural engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, for which he currently chairs two technical committees. Tredinnick previously served as ASHRAE’s Minnesota chapter president. An IDEA member, he was recently elected to the association’s board of directors.

On July 3, Edward Patnode was named president of Advanced Thermal Systems Inc. (ATS), a leading manufacturer of packed slip- and ball-type expansion joints based in Lancaster, N.Y. Patnode, who joined ATS in 1995 as engineering manager, has more than 30 years experience in piping system design. Most recently Patnode served as vice president/general manager with ATS and as a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining ATS, he was employed as a lead Engineer with the General Electric Co.’s Large Steam Turbine Department in Schenectady, N.Y.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser this spring appointed Raymond DuBose to the Higher Education Committee of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). DuBose is the director of the energy services department at the UNC-Chapel Hill. DuBose manages operation of the university’s main campus utilities systems and is leading the university’s energy planning for its new 1,000-acre Carolina North campus, where the university is seeking to utilize 100 percent alternative energy sources in its energy production. ACORE’s Higher Education Committee is dedicated to increasing renewable energy use on college and university campuses, developing resources for multidisciplinary education and increasing funding for higher-education-based research and development on renewable energy.

Second Quarter 2007

Dennis Fotinos, president and chief executive officer of Enwave Energy Corp., was profiled Jan. 15 in “The Insider,” a student publication of the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Ont. A Schulich MBA alumnus, Fotinos was recognized for his “model leadership” of Enwave, one of North America’s largest district energy systems, which has become “one of the most recognized model companies in Toronto because it has so successfully demonstrated its ability to find solutions that satisfy the needs of more than one stakeholder group.” The article lauded Fotinos’s success in expanding Enwave’s deep lake water cooling project and improving stakeholder satisfaction while boosting the firm’s profitability and putting Toronto on the map as a sustainable city.

As of March 1, Stefan Stern became the new managing director of Svensk Fjärrvärme (Swedish District Heating Association). Stern comes to the firm from his position as state secretary at Sweden’s Ministry of Sustainable Development, where he was responsible for energy issues, sustainable development and the European Union Emission Trading Scheme. Previously, Stern was the head of planning in the prime minister’s office. He also acted as chairman for the government’s national wind power coordination board and served in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, where he was in charge of communications, press and media.

David Adamian, PE, has joined Carter & Burgess Building Programs as vice president and program manager. In his new position, Adamian manages business development for the company’s Energy & Power Solutions Group and commissioning services in the New England region. With 16 years’ experience in the energy services industry, Adamian brings to the job expertise in end-user energy systems and on-site generation. He has overseen a broad spectrum of work including project development, engineering, construction and operations. His background also includes a significant design-build portfolio.

Fourth Quarter 2006

Antonio Bonomo, deputy general director and head of the energy division of ASM spa, Italy, has been elected the new president of Euroheat & Power. Meeting June 22 in Brussels, the organization’s general assembly elected Bonomo to succeed Tomas Bruce whose mandate came to an end after four years in office. After graduating in engineering from the Polytechnical University in Milan, Bonomo joined ASM spa, a utility controlled by the municipality of Brescia, which supplies the region with electricity, gas, water and district heating and cooling. Bonomo has long played an active role in the combined heat and power and district energy industry, including as a Euroheat & Power board member since 2001.

Tom Parker, vice president with Carter & Burgess Inc.’s Energy and Power Solutions Group, recently relocated from Fort Worth, Texas, to the firm’s office in Raleigh, N.C. Parker has been in the industry for 22 years and with Carter & Burgess for seven. He has provided project management and design expertise in large utility-related projects to Auburn University, the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Parker has supervised technical staff for design, construction and startup of power facilities as large as 1,200 MW.

Roger Copeland, PE, has joined Carter & Burgess’s Forth Worth office as project director. In his 10 years of experience, Copeland has designed numerous thermal energy, cogeneration and boiler plants and utility distribution systems for universities across the country. His work has also encompassed substation and medium-to-high voltage distribution systems. Copeland has managed projects and provided technical guidance for the design of 138 kV gas insulated substations, large power transformer and metal-clad switchgear installations as well as the design and commissioning of large and medium-size electrical generating stations.

Ivan George Norris has joined The Stellar Group, Middle East and North Africa, as general manager. His responsibilities include increasing the company’s presence in the region. Norris comes to Stellar with more than 23 years of engineering, construction and project management experience in the power, nuclear, industrial process, refinery, marine and heavy infrastructure industries. He previously worked in both Europe and the Middle East. Norris holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Dundee in Scotland. While in Scotland, he earned the Fulton Prize in Structural Engineering and Design and the William Henry Brown Prize in Civil Engineering.

Effective Aug. 1, David Sweet became the new full-time director of the World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE). He replaces Michael Brown, who had served as WADE’s half-time director since 2002. Prior to joining WADE, Sweet was director of special projects for the United States Energy Association, the U.S. arm of the World Energy Council. Sweet has more than 25 years of broad policy experience, including serving as the executive director of the International LNG Alliance, vice president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, an attorney in private practice and as an expert witness and analyst on the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Jennifer Haas was named the new vice president of sales and marketing of Thermacor Process LP on June 1, 2006. Haas succeeds Tom Walker, who retired and is now a sales consultant to the company. Haas came to Thermacor in July 2002 as a project engineer and project manager. In 2004, Haas became the assistant sales manager running the sales training program, organizing advertising & promotions, supervising the new representative orientation program and functioning as the factory liaison to engineering firms. Haas now will lead the Thermacor sales office and supervise the 54 nationwide sales representative companies under the Thermacor umbrella. Haas is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelor of science degree in construction science.
 

Third Quarter 2006

David Urke, project engineer, Market Street Energy Co., a District Energy St. Paul affiliate, received a Charles W. Britzius Distinguished Engineer Award at the 42nd Annual Engineers Weeks Awards and Recognition Banquet Feb. 24. Bestowed by the Minnesota Federation of Engineering Science and Technology Societies, the prestigious award recognizes outstanding lifetime achievements in the practice of engineering, contributions to the engineering profession and actions enhancing the image of engineering in our society. Urke was nominated for the award by the Engineers Society of St. Paul. He served as president of that organization in 2004-2005.

Kenneth Smith, PE, joined Market Street Energy Co., St. Paul, in March as vice president of marketing and development. Smith has more than 20 years’ experience in the consulting, engineering and construction industries. Most recently he was a vice president at Stanley Consultants Inc., responsible for business development, client relations and management of the Minneapolis office. He also previously worked at Black & Veatch Corp., Kansas City, Mo., where he progressed from a design/project engineer to director of engineering and operations of the Advanced Technology Division. Smith earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from North Dakota State University.

Jamie Dillard was recently promoted to general manager, engineering and facility operations for Citizens Thermal Energy of Indianapolis. Dillard will be responsible for Lilly Facility operations, plant and project engineering and additional facility operations at the Indianapolis Airport. Dave Toombs will continue his role with Citizens Thermal Energy as general manager, steam and chilled water operations. His direct responsibilities include the Perry K Steam Plant, West Street Chilled Water, ICE Chilled Water, IUPUI North Plant, Illinois Street Chilled Water and the company’s remote chilled-water operations at the Convention Center and State Office Buildings.

Ehsan Dehbashi has joined FVB Energy as senior engineer in the firm’s Minneapolis office. He brings to the position nearly 20 years’ experience in district energy and combined heat and power, including work for major district energy companies in Hartford, Boston and Philadelphia. Dehbashi received a master of business administration degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a master of science degree in industrial management from Connecticut State University and a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from Marietta College. Michael Feldman has also joined FVB Energy’s Minneapolis office as junior engineer. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc has announced that Mark E. Vernon, president and general manager of Spirax Sarco Inc. (SSI), the U.S. subsidiary company, will join the Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc board of directors July 1 as divisional director. He will have responsibility for company operations in North and South America and the group marketing department in the United Kingdom. Vernon will retain his present position as SSI president and remain based in the U.S. Vernon joined SSI in 2003 as president with nearly 25 years’ industry experience. He holds a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Weber State University and has completed Harvard University’s Advanced Manager Program for Senior International Managers. He is a current director of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America.
 

Second Quarter 2006

McCrometer has announced the appointment of two regional sales managers in new overseas offices. Nanda Kumar was appointed regional sales manager of McCrometer’s new Middle East office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He will head flow meter sales in the Middle East as well as Africa. Kumar has more than 20 years of experience in developing flow meter applications in oil and gas, liquefied natural gas, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, power and desalination, pulp and paper, metals and mining, and commercial energy/HVAC industries. Before joining McCrometer he provided technical customer support for the last 13 years to customers in the broad flow measurement and control instrumentation industries.

David Splatt will oversee the McCrometer’s recently opened Asia Pacific office in Perth, Western Australia. He is responsible for flow meter sales for both the oil-and-gas and process industries. He brings to his new role both sales and technical experience in oil and gas, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power, metals and mining, food and beverage, and commercial energy/HVAC industries. Splatt most recently worked with Tyco Flow Control, McCrometer’s Australian partner.

Joseph C. Hoose has founded Cool Systems Inc., a consulting firm based in Lakewood, N.Y., that assists customers in minimizing energy costs and optimizing the performance of their chilled-water plant operations. The firm’s services include data collection and analysis, commissioning, energy cost control, demand-side management planning and implementation, and packaged chilled-water generation systems. Hoose has a 16-year background in controls and instrumentation. He has worked in the district energy industry for nearly 10 years, focusing on industrial performance contracting and central plant optimization for a variety of university, medical, municipal and government campus customers. Active in a number of industry organizations, he joined IDEA in 1999.

Constellation Energy has named Tim Hestle general manager of the Nashville District Energy System (DES). Previously operations manager at DES, he has been with the utility for more than 20 years and will now oversee all day-to-day operations. He takes the place of John Schaffer, who has been promoted to vice president of operations at Constellation Energy Project & Services Group, another unit of the Baltimore-based energy company.

First Quarter 2006

McCrometer has promoted Tom Swihart to the newly created position of director of worldwide industrial sales. His responsibilities include assisting the company’s worldwide sales team in developing flow measurement solutions for customers’ unique applications. With the company since 1995, Swihart brings to his new position extensive sales experience and a strong operational background in process engineering, control and instrumentation. He most recently served McCrometer as industry sales manager for chemical and process industries. Prior to joining the company he spent 15 years working with major manufacturing companies and engineering firms.

IDEA President Rob Thornton received the 2005 CHP Champion Award at "Small Power in the Big Apple," the 6th Annual World CHP/Decentralized Energy Conference and Workshop held in October 2005 in New York City. Richard Brent, past chair of USCHPA and director of Federal Government Relations for IDEA-member Solar Turbines Inc., presented the award to Thornton. He cited Thornton's leadership of the International District Energy Association as an industry that is tapping the true potential for combined heat and power in cities, on campuses, airports and healthcare facilities around the world. Accepting the award, Thornton remarked, "This is a terrific honor and I'm both humbled and surprised by this recognition. Insofar as IDEA is headquartered outside Boston, and as many of you know I'm a baseball fan, this year it has special meaning to be recognized as a champion here in New York.” Former CHP Champions include Tom Casten, chair of Primary Energy LLC; Sean Casten, CEO of TurboSteam; Neal Elliott, legislative director of ACEE; Mark Hall, current chair of USCHPA; and others. More than 250 delegates from around the world attended the conference was sponsored by United States Combined Heat and Power Assocation (Washington, D.C.) and World Alliance for Distributed Energy (London).

The Association of Energy Engineers named current IDEA Chair Cheryl Gomez, P.E., as the Energy Engineer of the Year at its 2005 International Awards banquet held Sept. 14 in conjunction with the World Energy Engineering Congress in Austin, Texas. Gomez is the director of energy and utilities for Facilities Management at the University of Virginia, where she developed a 10-Year Energy and Utilities Master Plan and a 20-Year Utilities Infrastructure Funding Plan. Her unique planning and management abilities and the special attention she has given to energy conservation work have paid great dividends for the University. She has successfully implemented changes in lighting, cooling tower water use, and central chiller plant cost avoidance. By nearly halting the rate of increase in the consumption of electricity, aggregating power supply through university-owned substations, reducing the university's water usage, and exceeding the efficiency goal at the main heat plant, Gomez’s programs resulted in savings of more than $12 million for the fiscal year 2003-2004. Her successful implementation of energy conservation projects has also paid dividends in pollution prevention. Gomez was heralded as “a tireless and dedicated advocate for the efficient and economical use of energy.”

Flowserve Corp. named Lewis M. Kling as president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors effective Aug. 1, 2005. Previously the company’s chief operating officer, he joined Flowserve in July 2004. He has more than 35 years of experience with such companies as General Electric, SPX, Harris and Allied Signal. Kling succeeds Kevin E. Sheehan, who was appointed interim-chairman, president and chief executive officer in April. A director since 1990, Sheehan was named non-executive chairman of the board.

Effective Sept. 1, 2005, Stephen K. Swinson, P.E., became the new president and chief executive officer of Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO), a nonprofit company located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Swinson, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the district energy industry, served as IDEA chair from 1996 to 1998. In his new role, Swinson reports directly to TECO’s board of directors. He will lead the company’s senior management team and its plant staff of more than 80 in planning, developing and implementing policies and procedures to meet corporate objectives. They include creating future growth for TECO by expanding existing plants and/or creating a distributed network of satellite plants. TECO currently operates two plants with a combined capacity of 80,000 tons of chilled water and 660,000 lb/hr of steam. The plants supply steam and chilled water to 27 Texas Medical Center institutions in 40 buildings with approximately 14.9 million sq ft of space.

Jeff Pollei has re-joined Affiliated Engineers Inc. at the firm’s Madison, Wis., office, as project manager and utility infrastructure market leader. His responsibilities include project management for utility infrastructure projects throughout the country. Pollei has 20 years’ experience in the design of chilled-water and steam systems and in the planning and design of central utility plants and underground campus activities. He was most recently with Vyron Corp., where his primary focus was marketing engineered products and systems.

Brian Prall, P.E., C.E.M., has joined FVB Energy Inc. as a senior engineer in the Minneapolis office. Prall brings more than 30 years of experience in design, operation, construction and commissioning of mechanical systems for commercial, industrial, healthcare, educational, government, and institutional facilities. His responsibilities have included management of multi-disciplinary engineering teams from conceptual design through detailed design, construction and commissioning. Prall’s experience includes facility systems assessments and energy audit services for commercial and industrial clients, computerized HVAC building simulations, code review, cost estimating, purchasing, construction management, and mechanical systems troubleshooting. He is a member of ASHRAE and the Association of Energy Engineers and is a Certified Energy Manager.

Sleiman Shakkour has joined FVB Energy Inc. as a senior engineer in the Toronto office. Shakkour is a mechanical engineer with more than 10 years of cooling system design experience, including eight years of experience with National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed). He has been involved in the design of more than 230,000 tons of district cooling system capacity, with experience in conceptual and detailed design and construction supervision of plants, distribution systems and building interfaces. His design experience includes electric centrifugal chillers, gas engine-driven chillers, gas engine power generation, conventional cooling tower condensing systems as well as seawater condensing systems.

Third Quarter 2005

The Association of Energy Engineers named current IDEA Chair Cheryl Gomez, P.E., as the Energy Engineer of the Year at its 2005 International Awards banquet held Sept. 14 in conjunction with the World Energy Engineering Congress in Austin, Texas. Gomez is the director of energy and utilities for Facilities Management at the University of Virginia, where she developed a 10-Year Energy and Utilities Master Plan and a 20-Year Utilities Infrastructure Funding Plan. Her unique planning and management abilities and the special attention she has given to energy conservation work have paid great dividends for the University. She has successfully implemented changes in lighting, cooling tower water use, and central chiller plant cost avoidance. By nearly halting the rate of increase in the consumption of electricity, aggregating power supply through university-owned substations, reducing the university's water usage, and exceeding the efficiency goal at the main heat plant, Gomez’s programs resulted in savings of more than $12 million for the fiscal year 2003-2004. Her successful implementation of energy conservation projects has also paid dividends in pollution prevention. Gomez was heralded as “a tireless and dedicated advocate for the efficient and economical use of energy.” 

Flowserve Corp. named Lewis M. Kling as president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors effective Aug. 1, 2005. Previously the company’s chief operating officer, he joined Flowserve in July 2004. He has more than 35 years of experience with such companies as General Electric, SPX, Harris and Allied Signal. Kling succeeds Kevin E. Sheehan, who was appointed interim-chairman, president and chief executive officer in April. A director since 1990, Sheehan was named non-executive chairman of the board.

Effective Sept. 1, 2005, Stephen K. Swinson, P.E., became the new president and chief executive officer of Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO), a nonprofit company located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Swinson, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the district energy industry, served as IDEA chair from 1996 to 1998. In his new role, Swinson reports directly to TECO’s board of directors. He will lead the company’s senior management team and its plant staff of more than 80 in planning, developing and implementing policies and procedures to meet corporate objectives. They include creating future growth for TECO by expanding existing plants and/or creating a distributed network of satellite plants. TECO currently operates two plants with a combined capacity of 80,000 tons of chilled water and 660,000 lb/hr of steam. The plants supply steam and chilled water to 27 Texas Medical Center institutions in 40 buildings with approximately 14.9 million sq ft of space.

Jeff Pollei has re-joined Affiliated Engineers Inc. at the firm’s Madison, Wis., office, as project manager and utility infrastructure market leader. His responsibilities include project management for utility infrastructure projects throughout the country. Pollei has 20 years’ experience in the design of chilled-water and steam systems and in the planning and design of central utility plants and underground campus activities. He was most recently with Vyron Corp., where his primary focus was marketing engineered products and systems.

Brian Prall, P.E., C.E.M., has joined FVB Energy Inc. as a senior engineer in the Minneapolis office. Prall brings more than 30 years of experience in design, operation, construction and commissioning of mechanical systems for commercial, industrial, healthcare, educational, government, and institutional facilities. His responsibilities have included management of multi-disciplinary engineering teams from conceptual design through detailed design, construction and commissioning. Prall’s experience includes facility systems assessments and energy audit services for commercial and industrial clients, computerized HVAC building simulations, code review, cost estimating, purchasing, construction management, and mechanical systems troubleshooting. He is a member of ASHRAE and the Association of Energy Engineers and is a Certified Energy Manager.

Sleiman Shakkour has joined FVB Energy Inc. as a senior engineer in the Toronto office. Shakkour is a mechanical engineer with more than 10 years of cooling system design experience, including eight years of experience with National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed). He has been involved in the design of more than 230,000 tons of district cooling system capacity, with experience in conceptual and detailed design and construction supervision of plants, distribution systems and building interfaces. His design experience includes electric centrifugal chillers, gas engine-driven chillers, gas engine power generation, conventional cooling tower condensing systems as well as seawater condensing systems.